Total pages in book: 34
Estimated words: 32396 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32396 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
All they had together was a month, only this month had kind of ran into a second month. They hadn’t talked about what that could mean. But this was a big deal.
“I know,” Rome said.
She looked at him. “You know?”
“Yeah, I had an idea you might end up pregnant. I’ve never used protection with you. I didn’t want to, and I never saw you use contraception either. I knew it was only a matter of time before you were.” He sat down beside her on the bed.
She didn’t expect him to reach out and touch her, but she was a little grateful when he finally did. Beth didn’t even realize she needed that support.
Resting her head on his shoulders, she took a deep breath. “What are we going to do?”
“We’ll handle it.”
She didn’t like that. Handling something—did that mean he was going to expect her to get an abortion? Beth was about to ask him, but of course the doctor came in, and much to her surprise, he also carried the blood work in his hand.
And yes, of course she was pregnant.
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Rome had never considered the possibility of becoming a father. The whole concept was foreign to him.
He was going to be a father. Beth would be the mother of his child.
The doctor had already confirmed that everything was normal. Beth had gone too long between food and fluid, and the work had made her feel dizzy. Rome was to be rewarded, and, well, even though Beth was expecting his child, it had been a week since the fall, and she was pissed at him.
He refused to allow her to work, and he might have already called ahead and quit on her behalf.
There was no way he was going to allow her to work and injure herself. She was carrying his child, and he simply wouldn’t allow it.
While he had trouble with Beth, getting her to do as she was told, her brother was becoming a problem.
Rome knew he was going to have no choice but to take matters into his own hands. Ben was seen entering Bratva territory, which could only mean one thing. He was hoping to use what bit of information he had on Rome against him. This could only mean it wouldn’t be long before he reached out to his sister, and then Beth would have to make a choice.
He had to talk to Beth about this, but with the pregnancy, he didn’t want to scare her, or run the risk of causing her any injury or stress. The doctor had insisted she take it easy. He’d also given Rome leaflets to read in order to understand what his woman was going through. Rome didn’t need to read them to know, but he was prepared for all eventualities. Like, walking into his home and finding Beth on the stairs. According to several of his guards, she refused to leave this spot until she had seen or spoken to him.
“Finally!” Beth said.
“You have got to tell your guards to let me wander around, or do something, or to live,” Beth said.
“They stopped you from cleaning. This is not your job and you heard what the doctor said. You were overdoing it, and while you live here, you don’t even need to be worrying about that.” He gritted his teeth as he hadn’t meant to even offer the option of her leaving his home. She was carrying his child and the truth was, he didn’t want to live without her.
“But, I can be useful around here. Please, Rome, I don’t want to lose my mind going stir-crazy. I’m not used to doing nothing.”
“And maybe that is the problem,” he said. “You’re not used to someone taking care of you and, well, I am taking care of you.”
“My brother took care of me,” she said but he saw the frown.
“Or did you take care of him, and he only gave the illusion that he was taking care of you?” He ran a hand down his face. “We need to talk.”
“Wow, okay, this doesn’t sound good.” She got to her feet. “Where?”
“My office,” he said.
It was going to be the only place he would be able to tell her matter-of-factly what was going on and what her brother had done.
“Wow, your office. This can’t be good.” He watched as she took a deep breath and then started to walk toward his office.
The door wasn’t open, so she stepped out of his way and allowed him to enter first. The curtains were still open and seeing as it was approaching dinnertime, it was still light, but shadows were also cast in the room.
“Have a seat,” he said.
“Rome, just tell me what is going on.” She took a seat but he saw the nervousness in her gaze.
“It’s about your brother.”
“Oh,” Beth said. “It is.”